Richard Lintner played his Junior hockey in his homeland of the Republic of Slovakia before being drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996. After playing one year of pro in Slovakia, he decided to come to North America to pursue a career in the NHL.

Lintner joined the Coyotes AHL farm team in Springfield where he spent two seasons before being traded with veteran scorer Cliff Ronning to the Nashville Predators early in the 1998-99 season. The trade didn't have any NHL ramifications for Lintner however, as he simply went from the Coyotes AHL farm team to the Predators IHL affiliate in Milwaukee.

The following year Lintner impressed the Nashville coaching staff and made the team out of training camp. The 6'3 defenseman made his NHL debut versus the Los Angeles Kings and was able to score a goal and five assists in 33 games with the Predators. He also spent 31 games in the minors, though he showed some offensive skills by scoring 13 goals and 21 points in that time. Lintner was back in the NHL in 2000-01 when he played fifty games for Nashville, including spending some time playing forward for the first time in his career.

In 2001-02, Lintner decided to continue his career back in Europe, though he didn't go back home. Lintner signed on with Modo of the Swedish Elite League and he managed 21 points in 28 games. In March, despite not being in the league, the New York Rangers made a trade with the Predators to acquire the big Slovakian defenceman. After deciding to take another shot at the NHL, Litner joined the Rangers AHL affiliate in Hartford for the better part of the 2002-03 season while suiting up for ten games with the parent club before being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the latter stages of the season in a deal that brought Alexei Kovaleve back to New York.

Upon his arrival with the Penguins, Lintner went on to play 19 games with the club while seeing limited action with its AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre. After only a brief stay with Pittsburgh, Lintner opted to return to the Swedish Elite League in 2003-04.

On the international stage, Lintner represented his homeland at the World Junior Championships (1996-1997), the Winter Olympics (2002), the World Championship (2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005) and the World Cup of Hockey (2004).

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1994-95

Dukla Trencin Jr.

Slovak-Jr.

42

12

13

25

20

1995-96

Dukla Trencin Jr.

Slovak-Jr.

30

15

17

32

210

1995-96

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

2

0

0

0

0

1995-96

Slovakia

WJC-A

6

0

1

1

12

1996-97

HK VTJ Spisska Nova Ves

Slovakia

35

2

1

3

1996-97

Slovakia

WJC-A

6

2

1

3

22

1997-98

Springfield Falcons

AHL

71

6

9

15

61

+11

3

1

1

2

4

1998-99

Springfield Falcons

AHL

8

0

1

1

16

-3

1998-99

Milwaukee Admirals

IHL

66

9

16

25

75

-3

1999-00

Nashville Predators

NHL

33

1

5

6

22

-6

1999-00

Milwaukee Admirals

IHL

31

13

8

21

37

-8

2000-01

Nashville Predators

NHL

50

3

5

8

22

+2

2000-01

Slovakia

WC-A

7

0

2

2

2

-2

2001-02

MODO Hockey Ornskoldsvik

Sweden

28

12

9

21

85

14

3

0

3

8

2001-02

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

6

2

0

2

0

2001-02

Slovakia

Olympics

4

1

1

2

0

+3

2001-02

Slovakia

WC-A

9

4

4

8

22

+1

2002-03

New York Rangers

NHL

10

1

0

1

0

-5

2002-03

Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

26

6

15

21

30

-2

2002-03

Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL

19

3

2

5

10

-9

2002-03

Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens

AHL

6

1

4

5

2

-2

2002-03

Slovakia

WC-A

9

1

3

4

2

0

2003-04

Djurgardens IF Stockholm

Sweden

41

18

13

31

73

4

1

1

2

6

2003-04

Slovakia

WC-A

8

2

3

5

6

+5

2004-05

Slovakia

W-Cup

3

0

0

0

2

-5

2004-05

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

23

2

9

11

40

1

0

0

0

0

2004-05

Slovakia

WC-A

7

0

0

0

0

0

2005-06

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

44

14

9

23

86

10

0

2

2

16

2005-06

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss-Q

6

4

3

7

18

2006-07

Skelleftea AIK HK

Sweden

52

9

20

29

46

2006-07

Skelleftea AIK HK

Sweden-Q

3

0

0

0

2

2007-08

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

5

0

2

2

6

2007-08

Farjestads BK Karlstad

Sweden

42

8

14

22

50

8

0

0

0

6

2008-09

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

2

0

2

2

0

2008-09

Dynamo Minsk

KHL

33

7

10

17

40

2009-10

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

2

0

0

0

0

2009-10

Dynamo Minsk

KHL

33

2

9

11

34

2009-10

Slovakia

Olympics

2009-10

Slovakia

WC-A

6

0

3

3

2

-4

2010-11

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

7

1

4

5

8

2010-11

SaiPa Lappeenranta

Finland

29

10

10

20

34

2011-12

SaiPa Lappeenranta

Finland

21

2

5

7

41

2011-12

Lukko Rauma

Finland

26

5

17

22

18

3

0

1

1

14

2012-13

Rogle BK Angelholm

Sweden

12

3

5

8

10

2012-13

SHK 37 Piestany

Slovakia

2

0

1

1

0

2012-13

Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

5

3

2

5

4

2012-13

Rogle BK Angelholm

Sweden-Q

10

0

1

1

8

2013-14

Dynamo Minsk

KHL

18

3

1

4

47

11

1

6

7

4

2013-14

HK Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

19

3

4

7

24

2014-15

HK Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

17

2

5

7

20

NHL Totals

112

8

12

20

54

Traded to Nashville by Phoenix with Cliff Ronning for future considerations, October 31, 1998. Signed as a free agent by Trencin (Slovakia) with Nashville retaining NHL rights, October 17, 2001. Traded to NY Rangers by Nashville for Peter Smrek, March 19, 2002. Traded to Pittsburgh by NY Rangers with Joel Bouchard, Rico Fata and Mikael Samuelsson for Mike Wilson, Alex Kovalev, Janne Laukkanen and Dan LaCouture, February 10, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Djurgarden (Sweden), August 20, 2003. Officially anounced his retirement, February 16, 2015.